US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Dec. 16 for "Auxiliary tape cassette provided with case having guide surface around which printing tape is wrapped to form spiral portion" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,844, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Auxiliary tape cassette provided with case having guide surface around which printing tape is wrapped to form spiral portion" was invented by Shinji Ukai (Kiyosu, Japan) and Kosuke Higashi (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auxiliary tape cassette includes a roll configured of a wound auxiliary tape and a case housing the roll. The auxiliary tape is for printing on a printing tape. The case has a discharge port for discharging the printing tape and a guide surface for guiding the printing tape toward the discharge port. The guide surface is def...